The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11

| Office all the solicitude OF the Supreme ApoB-
tSo 6sed Conditions In Which tRe c6 Sn'S ana
SnS SS a. nc aass H snG wSs %S
Invested 70 of such u nature rs to embrace all
%ss and all S Sp
fully estnblishod ns In many States OF America,
and to favor missions among peoples stu bar
81 our scietade 10 BRING back To nSisy Pie he
peoples who have unhappily separated them
IN THE EAST.
Among these we bear In mind the Eastern
peoples. who were OF old 80 fruitful In works
and faith and 80 glorious; and, above n the
ample OF many Of our predecessors. ardentiy
yearn to gee returning to the centre Of CATHOLIC
ancient splendor.
But there Is another point to which our at
tenton - unnecessarily directed. and which is for
est Interest; we mean 10 speai 81 our ' a SH
condition In Rome because Of the baneful dis
and " lhe as at a
this most wsth sHbect matter we wish to
see this diicnity solved and even I recontY IN
the Consistoriai aliocntion Of the 28d OF May
extend the work Of qualification, carried on In
other countries. to Italy niso. which is. on 30
o in
concord. 1t does not suffice. as elsewhere. to
settle one reh dous interest In particular, {,
abrogate or modify hostile laws, or to ward OH
adverse measures threatening religion. 1t ia
necessary, moreover. and. above all. to regu.
the Supreme Head Of the Church. condition
rendered ior many YEAR, pas,; 9y Violence nnd
With the freedom Of bis apostolic oIilce.
For THIS pnrp%9ss we were careful a In the
basis for such modification, justice und the dig
nj y of the Apostolic See, aud to demand Tor
1nrseli cSGil,ion Of things ip which the
one. and should DO able 10 enjoy full and not
an iilusory liberty: There was no room left
giving them q wrong interpretation by giving
them meaning M,l!ch was quite In OPPOSITION
S s so% Ws mhHyd Es ads
pensable condition toward concilistion In Italy
Is TO 1--WE back TO- to the Roman Pontiii g 3
things. it is manifest that, instend OF being our
own master. we are rather in tho power OF
when and in what manner they please. accord
ing to the variations a. persons und circutn-
me very 9, our nese
eve ARE more truly in the powerof others than
IN our OWL us we have more than , once nee. af-
throughout our PontiAcate. and as It became
our duty. claimed for the Roman Pontii1 an Of
Ss Sup true ana
Of his independence and liberty
preme Poniiheate instituted by Christ and
st. pee Is. h on hts
!hs end 4 time the rsSdssmInf misslGn Of The
negatives, end ,wad with sublime powers. pc
cuiiar and iuridioa. such as are needed for the
Cannot. because OF it's Very nature and Of the
expressed will Of its divine founder. bs subject
e Ssi hs eI es IF M
elevated functions. And since on this supreme
power and on tho free exercise q the same de-
pen se o and iibe9sy should b. Insured guar
person Of him who was invested with it. by
these means which divine Providence had
acknowledged to DO fitted and etilcacious to-
In this manner the Church passed victorious
through the long and bittcr prosecutions OF
Tss shs The sss fa Hma rha i@
energy. then began lor the PonIifs Of Rome a
aiy and by a providentii,! coneourse 81 cir
cumstances. to the establishing OF their nvil
s,ooa m The eo3n
less vicissitudes Of long series oil centuries to
our own times. rendering meanwhile to Italy
the sloriss Of the PspacS and Of their priaci.
civilized the bHrbarinns: the having resisted
and bridled despotism: the having promoted
freedom Of the comm uncs the crustdes agalnsa
the Mussumans. when these were the most
dHsdea ensms St 0n Sut o. O, t te ss OF
An Institution which has arisen by ways so
lawful and SO natural, and which has in it,.
twelve hundred years: which has powerfully
sDI 81 S has %on q
many titles to the gratitudeo f the nations. has;
and Hn t. ns 81
expressing It. can It he said thar tho designs Of
waged against the civil principally Of the
the Church. and that it has been In these later
times the work chiefly Of the secret societies.
n d0ns wife
and combatinE the spiritual power OF tho
ordered as n means for regulating the exercise
guard Of that powers freedom and inde-
e thus sSs f Eo sd With # The s. ss
AMI dsssss Win fsgara
own history, for, Just IA In the desiRns Of
relation 10 Christ and bis, Church. even 20 an;
With With regard to the Christian Reme: Nor was
1t without special disposition that the Prince
toward that metropolis Of, the pagan world 70
become It's pastor and to bsGueath to 70
supreme apostleship In this way we're
lowed and indlssoluble manner. to those
q the Vicar Of Christ; and when, at the dawn w
Thought hin Of transierrias to the East the
seat q the Roman empire; It Is not with3p. ta
that this Prince was therein guided by the hand
OF Providence. in order that the Tome OF the
It Is that after that epoch the pontiffs became,
with the help Of time md circumstances, spon-
tapeously. without wronging any one. without
boing opposed by any one, and by the most
lawful ways. even the civil lords OF Rome. hold
ing Ii as such till our own days.
There is no need Of recalling here the i'm.
mense benefits and the manifold glory shed by
tie Popes on this their cherished city-glories
and benefits which are, besides. written In In
tory OF every ago. 1t Is, rs well. superfluous to
observe that this Rome bears deeply stamped
that Rome belongs to the Popes by so many